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November 7, 2014

Florida: 90-Year-Old Man Faces Jail Time for Feeding Homeless 
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In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a 90-year-old man is facing potential jail
time for serving food to the homeless. Arnold Abbott, known as Chef
Arnold, has been cited twice in the past week after a city ordinance
went into effect that bans feeding the poor. He described one of his
encounters with police to a local news station.

Arnold Abbott: "One of the police officers came over and said, 'Drop
that plate, right now!' as though I was carrying a weapon. These are the
poorest of the poor. They have nothing. They don't have a roof over
their head. And who could turn them away?"

 

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